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<div><h1 class="article-title">How do I save posts as drafts in Conversations?</h1></div>
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    <p>Use <strong>Save as Draft</strong> to save progress on a post that you are not yet ready to publish to other site participants. </p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Go to the Conversations tool.</h2>
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    <p>Select the <strong>Conversations</strong> tool from the Tool Menu of your site. </p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Create new topic.</h2>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Author the topic.</h2>
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    <p>See <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoipostatopicinconversations">How do I post a topic in Conversations?</a> for the complete steps to posting a new topic.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Save as Draft.</h2>
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    <p>Topics that you have saved as drafts will appear in the <strong>DRAFT</strong> area of the topic list. Draft topics will also display the message "This topic is a draft" above the post when you select it for viewing. Draft items are only visible to the author. Click on a draft topic in the topic list to continue editing and/or publish it.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Edit.</h2>
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<li>Click the <strong>Topic options menu</strong> icon in the topic area. </li>
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